2001 Translation

ABYSSOU, abyssou

Sounds Like: ah-BYSS-soo

Translations: of the abyss, of the deep, of the bottomless pit

From the root: ἈΒΥΣΣΟΣ

Part of Speech: Noun

Explanation: This word refers to an immeasurably deep, bottomless chasm or gulf. It is often used to describe the primeval watery chaos before creation, the underworld, or a place of confinement for evil spirits. In a sentence, it would typically be used to indicate possession or origin, such as 'the depths of the abyss' or 'from the abyss'.

Inflection: Singular, Genitive, Feminine

Strong’s number: G0012 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

1 Enoch Greek Collection

• 1 Enoch — 17:7, 17:8, 21:7

Justin Martyr

• First Apology of Justin Martyr — 60:1
• Dialogue with Trypho the Jew — 61:4, 91:1

Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint

• Genesis — 1:2, 7:11, 8:2
• Job — 38:16, 41:23
• Wisdom — 10:19
• Sirach — 24:29
• Isaiah — 51:10, 63:13
• Enoch — 17:7, 17:8, 21:7

Tischendorf's Greek New Testament

• Revelation — 9:1, 9:2, 9:11, 11:7, 17:8, 20:1

From the same root

Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ἈΒΥΣΣΟΣ.

These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.

• ἈΒΥΣΣΟΙ — abysses, depths, bottomless pits
• ἈΒΥΣΣΟΣ — abyss, the deep, bottomless pit, a bottomless pit

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